Hello Solar Friends!

This is Karen Davis, former Project Manager and your NASC 2008 email correspondent. This blog will provide you with daily email updates from the road during NASC and the pre-race scrutineering and qualifying events!

Right now, the team is gearing up for our trip down to Texas. We’ve been working steadily for the past few weeks (day and night!), and all the pieces are finally falling into place. We’re spending the Fourth finishing a few crucial projects and packing the trailer and support vehicles with all of the tools, supplies, and materials we’ll need during the race. We plan to take off from Principia Saturday morning and make the 12-hour drive to Cresson, TX. (I think we’re all looking forward to the excuse to take our first break in weeks!) We’ll spend a week in the Dallas area for scrutineering (technical inspections) and the qualifying track race, and then the road race begins on July 13th.

If there’s a checkpoint or stage stop near you, we’ve love for you to stop in and visit. Traditionally, we’ve had Prin supporters cheering us on at every stop along the route. So come on out to see Ra 7 in action, and if you feel like bringing along some drinks, snacks, or fresh cookies… we won’t mind! But more than anything, we appreciate your support. We hope to see you soon!

In addition to this daily email update, Principia’s race-time public relations endeavors have expanded to broadcast journalism! I’ll be calling in to Principia’s Internet Radio every night from 10-10:30pm (CST) for a conversation with Rick Dearborn about our daily challenges and triumphs. Tune in at http://www.prin.edu/radio. If you have questions about the team or the race, just email them to talk.radio@principia.edu, and I’ll do my best to answer them on the air.

Have a great holiday weekend–the next time you hear from me, we’ll be in Texas!

Cheers,
Karen

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